The Macao Arts Festival (MAF) is an annual event held in Macao during the month of May, which consistently enriches the cultural and artistic life of residents as well as visitors. Organised by the Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Macao S.A.R. Government, this year under the slogan ‘Enjoy Life through Art’, the MAF actively promotes the arts and artistic education, in an effort to encourage residents to engage in artistic activities and welcome the arts into their daily lives...

To enhance the development of local arts the Macao SAR Cultural Affairs Bureau, organiser of the Macao Arts Festival, is now inviting the submission of proposals for locally designed performances from all arts organisations registered in Macao. The deadline for submission of proposals is 30th September, 2011, and the selected performances will be staged in the 23rd Macao Arts Festival, to be held in May of next year.

The art exhibition A Glimpse of French Contemporary Painting is a major event within the 22nd Macao Arts Festival and part of Le French May 2011. Organised by Tap Seac Gallery under the auspices of the Cultural Affairs Bureau, the show opens to the public at 5pm on Saturday, 28th May in Tap Seac Gallery.

The art exhibition A Glimpse of French Contemporary Painting is a major event within the 22nd Macao Arts Festival and part of Le French May 2011. Organised by Tap Seac Gallery under the auspices of the Cultural Affairs Bureau, the show opens to the public at 5pm on Saturday, 28th May in Tap Seac Gallery.

The recent audiovisual performance at Macao’s most famous architectural landmark is now a red hot topic all over town. The “Encounters” Audiovisual Mapping of St. Paul’s Ruins, a highlighted programme in the 22nd Macao Arts Festival, gave its last performance this past Sunday, and, defying the heavy rain, an immense, enthusiastic crowd gathered for their last chance to witness this beautiful show. By the end of the show’s ten-day run average audience size had soared to more than four thousand people, greatly exceeding the organiser’s expectations. Footage of the performance has gone “viral” on the internet, receiving a very positive response from the online community. With these factors in mind, the Cultural Affairs Bureau has proposed offering a second run of “Encounters” Audiovisual Mapping of St. Paul’s Ruins in August of this year, to answer the overwhelming demand from citizens and tourists. Before a final decision is made, an open forum will be established to receive feedback on this proposal from the local artistic community and the public at large.

The Cultural Affairs Bureau would like to inform our esteemed public that, due to the current inclement weather conditions, the nightly performances of “Encounters: St. Paul’s Ruins Audiovisual Mapping”, featured in the 22nd Macao Arts Festival, scheduled for 8pm and 9pm on the 13th through the 22nd of May, outdoors at the Ruins of St. Paul's, will be cancelled today (16 May). We apologise for the inconvenience.

The Cultural Affairs Bureau would like to inform our esteemed public that, due to the current inclement weather conditions, the nightly performances of “Encounters: St. Paul’s Ruins Audiovisual Mapping”, featured in the 22nd Macao Arts Festival, scheduled for 8pm and 9pm on the 13th through the 22nd of May, outdoors at the Ruins of St. Paul's, will be cancelled in the event that it is raining at 6pm on the evening in question. We apologise for the inconvenience.

In this year’s Macao Arts Festival (MAF), the Ruins of St. Paul’s are no longer a mere performance stage, but emerge as the main attraction! Imbued with local, historical and cultural panache, the all-new programme Encounters: Audiovisual Mapping of the Ruins of St. Paul’s will premiere at the 22nd Macao Arts Festival organised by the Cultural Affairs Bureau, and run from 13th to 22nd May. The programme - produced by Spain’s Telenoika.Net (Audiovisual Open Creative Community) using advanced projection technology - seeks to ignite audience interest in the architectural beauty of the Ruins of St. Paul’s, bringing a sense of visual enjoyment and pleasure to all spectators.

The Cultural Affairs Bureau has launched new versions of the “Macao Arts Festival” and “Cultural Affairs Bureau” websites, specially adapted for easy viewing on browser-enabled portable electronic devices. These Mobile Versions provide residents and visitors with a wide range of information in a clear format, making reading and navigating the pages on small displays a snap, anytime, anywhere.

Tickets for the programmes of the 22nd Macao Arts Festival (MAF) have been on sale since 27th March, and several of the most popular shows quickly sold to full capacity. Due to this overwhelming demand, five MAF programmes will enjoy additional performances, and tickets for these extended runs go on sale this coming Saturday (2nd April) at 10am, available at all Kong Seng Ticketing Outlets.

Organized by the Cultural Affairs Bureau, the 22nd Macao Arts Festival (MAF), to be held from 29th April to the 28th May, features a total of 29 distinguished performances of different cultural and artistic genres from 9 different countries and regions. This year the MAF has chosen “Enjoy Life through Arts”.